Background
Shivputra took to musical training early on from his father.
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Mukul Shivputra
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Career
Kumar Gandharva.
Born in Bhopal to Bhanumati Komkalimath and Pint Kumar Gandharva, Pint He continued his musical education in Dhrupad and Dhamar with Pint K. G. Ginde and in Carnatic Music with M. Doctorate. Ramanathan.
Since his teens, Pint
Shivputra regularly accompanied his father on Tanpura for vocal support. In 1975, Pint Shivputra, then known as "Mukul Komkalimath," debuted his first performance at the 23rd Sawai Gandharva Music Festival being the first in his generation of singers to debut a performance at the prestigious venue.
Since his wife"s death, Pint Shivputra has performed infrequently and irregularly in the public, which most attribute to his drug addictions and alcoholism.
Pint Shivputra is also known for his temperamental antics on the concert stage, from lecturing his accompanists on how to play their instruments, to showing up drunk to his performances.
As per this interview titled "The Raga of Truth" in 2010 he has chosen a life of a fakir and chooses to wander in search of finding the essence of the Ragas he sings, just like the ancient seers of Marga Sangeet. As per the interview "He is convinced that he can realise the truth of a raga the way his elders realised. A raga itself is a means to salvation for a vocalist, he believes.
And he lives what he realises."
Bharat Natya Mandir, Pune July 20, 2012
Vriddha Anand Ashram, Akurdi near Pune, 17 August 2012
Pune, 10 March 2013.
